Graduation at the Digital Journalism Center

Manuel Moreno, left, is the director of the online university at the University of Guadalajara, which hosts my online courses in digital jou...

How a headline ricochets around the Web

OK, this is an ego trip but it´s also about how information gets spread around these days on the web. In other words, you can run but you ca...

Tenochtitlán and Xochimilco: Mexico City before the Conquest

When the Spanish conquistadors got their first look at the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán in 1519, they compared its magnificence to Venice and...

Why newspaper exposés have little impact in México

Every day I read Mural and Público Milenio , two of the most important newspapers in Guadalajara, and I´m instantly depressed. The amount o...

My calvario or the 10 steps needed to join a public pool

In the Latin world, an arduous process is called un calvario , which means it´s like the stages of Christ´s progress from arrest to torture ...

Genetic map of Mexico shows mainly indigenous roots

Race can be a touchy subject in Mexico. Some are proud of their indigenous blood, others not so much. A genetic-molecular study of the Mexic...

Azaleas bloom in Guadalajara in January

In a nearby public park here in Guadalajara, el Bosque los Colomos, the azaleas are blooming in January.